John Adams, the
composer, is an American genius. Among his truly remarkable achievements are
the operas, Nixon in China (1977 and Doctor Atomic (2005). His orchestral
works include The Transmigration of Souls (2002), commissioned by the New York
Philharmonic as a memorial to the 9-11-2001 attacks on the USA. That work
received the Pulitzer Prize.
His opera, Death
of Klinghoffer (1991), was picketed in New York recently, in a revival performance
at the Met. The problem was not with Adams’ music but with the libretto. In key
passages singers emphasize with the Palestinian cause, and romanticize the
murderers of the wheelchair-bound Jew, Dr. Klinghoffer.
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